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Indiana Senate nominee Richard Mourdock said during a debate that “even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.” Asked how he’d answer the question Mourdock faced, Ted Cruz said, “I’m not going to engage in hypotheticals. I would note that it seems the media is never asking Democrats what their view is, of say partial-birth abortion … Instead, you see reporters engaging sometimes in ‘gotcha’ games where they try to get Republicans to make ill-considered comments, and I think that is not serving the people well.” …

The poll finds that Texas is one of the most bitterly polarized states in the nation along partisan lines. Obama has the support of 99 percent of Democrats. Romney is backed by 96 percent of Republicans. …

Former Democratic state Rep. Paul Sadler stepped up his fundraising last quarter, but with Republican Senate candidate Ted Cruz still millions of dollars ahead, political scientists doubt whether Sadler’s recent jolt in donations is enough for him to turn November into a victory.

Sadler raised about $358,734 last quarter; more than twice his total cash on hand of $133,804 as of Sept. 30.

He’s still dwarfed by the roughly $3.5 million Cruz raised last quarter. Cruz has raised about $11.8 million overall compared to Sadler’s $497,391.

Texas is the only one of the nation’s ten most populous states to be excluded by the consortium. Although California and New York also are not competitive at the presidential or U.S. Senate level, the consortium decided to continue polling in those large states. …

“I say, you know, it is only in the beltway, in this weird bubble of Washington that it’s considered extreme not to want to bankrupt our country. In the rest of the America, just about every American understands living within your means is basic common sense,” Ted Cruz told Ginni Thomas of The Daily Caller. …

“If we in Texas are laughing at the Republican nominee for United States Senate, what do you think the rest of the country is doing?” Sadler told The Texas Tribune. “We’ve had enough of politicians standing up on the national stage and everybody else laughing at us.” …